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Winter Festival Lineup

Airs at: Thu, 02/08/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  As winter drizzles on, there are two golden opportunities this month to get out and see the world without leaving Oregon: the Cascade Festival of African Films and the Portland International Film Festival. Ben Popp has been gathering together regional filmmakers for th... Read more

Sean The Bus Driver on Astral Traveling 02/04/18 SuperBowl Sunday Edition

Airs at: Sun, 02/04/2018 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Interspace Radio
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Chitra: The Girl Prince

Airs at: Tue, 02/06/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features  Chitra: The Girl Prince co-directed by Sarah Jane Hardy and Anita Menon. We'll hear from both artists about their second epic collaboration which began with their critical success The Jungle Book. They worked with writer Avantika Shankar who travelled f... Read more

Arturo Meza: A la Siniestra del Padre.

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/03/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
  Esta noche en La Ruleta estaremos escuchando la obra A La Siniestra del Padre de Arturo Meza, que consiste en dos cassettes. El concierto fue presentado en 1992 en el teatro J. Jimenez Rueda de la Ciudad de Mexico, con Meza y Esbirros. Estaremos tocando las grabaciones... Read more

The Glamshack by Paul Cohen

Airs at: Thu, 02/08/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Paul Cohen, author of the novel The Glamshack, Paul's first book and the first publication from independent press 7.13 Books. The novel was nominated for a Pushcart Press Editor’s Book Award, and was included in the “Most Anticipated Small Press... Read more

Black History Festival NW 

Airs at: Tue, 01/30/2018 at 11:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features the first ever Black History Festival NW with festival director Shalanda Sims about this extension of her Black History Month play Who I Am Celebrating Me Black History play which will have its 12th performance this year (Feb. 11 & 12 at 7:30pm). With he... Read more

Betty Before X author Renee Watson

Airs at: Thu, 02/01/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty's house doesn't quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can't shake the feeling that her mother doesn't want her. Church helps those worries fade, if only for a little while. The singing, the preaching, the... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 01/28/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Host Liz Schwartz interviews internationally renowned klezmer fiddler Alicia Svigals about Beregovsky Suite, the first solo recording she's released in 20 years. This album, a collaborative project with Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Uli Geissendoerfer, brings to life lon... Read more

Ursula K. Le Guin: "Out Here"

Airs at: Thu, 01/25/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
  "Women's writing tends to get disapeared when they die..." -Ursula K. Le Guin Portland's own Ursula K. Le Guin passed away this week at the age of 88. She was a novelist working mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction but she also authored children's books,... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: David Hattner and Amy Borden

Airs at: Tue, 01/23/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
The Passion of Joan of Arc is one of the most celebrated silent films ever made. The original version, released in 1928, was thought to be lost after a fire destroyed the master negative. That is, until 1981, when director Carl Dreyer’s original cut was discovered in Osl... Read more